Dolly-Parton

Dolly Parton, born Jan. 19, 1946 in Locust Ridge Tenn. to 12 hungry children who would grow up together eventually, learned very early how to get out of difficulties with her incredibly imaginative imagination. Before she learned to write or read, she began to compose her own music. When she got her first guitar at the age of eight, she started performing on local radio stations from Knoxville, Tennessee. In the same year, she released her first album with Gold Band Records an independent small label. Although she was studying, she already made a name of herself on the local scene. Her goal was to be able to play on a bigger size. The day after she graduated in 1964, she moved to Nashville. Dumb Blonde (1967) and Something Fishy (1968) were the first two albums to chart on Monument Records. Porter Wagoner had been looking for a female vocalist to join his syndicated show from the beginning. Parton accepted the role in 1966, joined RCA Records in 1968, and the Grand Ole Opry was founded in 1969. She left Wagoner's show, however, in 1974 because her solo albums like Joshua Coat Of Many Colors and Jolene exceeded the sales of their joint albums. Parton wrote I Will Always Love You for Wagoner in the aftermath of their breakup. The song reached the top of the charts at. #1 for the first time since 1974.